Seeking Adventure in Everything

“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.” ― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

[wherehaveyoubeard]

[defydamage]

The woman in pink rotated her head 180 degrees from the level of entitled white guy she encountered.

[lovelikemountains]

you ever just get in bed and ur like yep this is where i’m meant to be

[snaphoeing]

how many calories do I burn when I run away from my problems?

[orendil-deactivated20221010]

La plus belle phrase d'amour est dite dans le silence d'un regard.

[theonion]

[swdyww-deactivated20210428]

LMAO

[1dietcokeinacan]

Bye

[lizclimo]

Are you the bird or the sloth? 

[thorffour-deactivated20190920]

[maeerdee]

This is tagged humor but it’s so true.

[thorffour-deactivated20190920]

honestly

[notyourpepperoni]

things i tell myself

[thestoryandyou]

[richardalexanderrr]

basing a foreign speaker’s intelligence on how fluent they are in a foreign language is so ignorant

[runthatonebymeagain-deactivated]

As my dad always says, “Anyone who speaks with an accent knows one more language than you.”

[adonischildsupportcase]

[kestrel-tree]

Mansplaining protip:

When a man starts explaining a concept you already told him you understand, instead of saying “I know” over and over until you die, try one of these:

Ok, which aspect is confusing you?

It seems like you have the basics down; Would you like me to recommend some good articles so you can get a more nuanced understanding?

So did you have a specific question, or do you just want a more in depth explanation?

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

SAVAGE

teacher-zone him

[daughter-of-rowan]

My cousin is an asst psych professor. Her new boss brought up how male students sometimes challenge female professors. He asked how she handles that: she says ‘hold on: let me take notes’, grabs a pen & paper, and proceeds to take no notes. If he asks why, she says ‘Tell me something I don’t know & I’ll have something to write’; no student has tried twice. Her boss laughed and asked her to mention it at the next staff meeting.

[dynastylnoire]

Well shit

[spanishskulduggery]

Hi there. Just wanted to ask if there's a neat trick or something in order to know if a verb is stem-changing or not.

I don’t know if there are any tricks to them, exactly. It’s mostly being able to memorize them and seeing the patterns. Like seguir is stem-changing, therefore conseguir, perseguir, and proseguir are all stem-changing. The same with most verbs ending in -decir, -tener, -venir etc.

In general, there are more E=>IE verbs than any other kind, and many stem-changing verbs are -er or -ir verbs. That isn’t always the case, like empezar, comenzar, nevar, almorzar, volar and others, but it does help narrow it down.

The stem-changing verbs you absolutely should know if you’re learning Spanish are (and I am absolutely going to be missing some here):

tener = to have [also used with tener expressions like “to be hungry” or “to be X years old”

venir = to come

decir = to say/tell

poder = to be able to

querer = to want / to love

jugar (a algo) = to play (a sport or activity)

morir = to die

dormir = to sleep

sentir / sentirse = to sense, to notice, to hear, to feel / to feel (emotions)

sentar(se) = to seat, to be seated, to sit down

pensar = to think

seguir = to continue, to keep (doing something) / to follow

conseguir = to achieve

vestir(se) = to dress (oneself)

empezar / comenzar = to start / to begin, to commence

llover = to rain

soñar (con algo/alguien) = to dream (of something/someone)

volar = to fly [in some contexts it’s used as “to blow up”]

sonar = to sound, to sound like [sonar a algo “to sound like something”]

nevar = to snow

cerrar = to close

colgar = to hang / to hang up (the phone)

entender = to understand

acordar(se) = to remember

resolver = to resolve

encender = to light up, to set fire to / to turn on (electronics)

volver = to return / to do something again [volver a hacer algo]

mentir = to lie

doler = to hurt, to ache [used like gustar]

mover = to move [not to be confused with mudarse “to move away”]

sugerir = to suggest

mostrar = to show, to display

demostrar = to show, to demonstrate

soler = to normally do something, to be in the habit of doing something [in imperfect it’s “used to (do something)”; and soler only exists with another verb following it]

oler = to smell [oler a algo “to smell like something”; oler has a slightly more irregular than normal conjugation huelo, hueles, huele etc]

repetir = to repeat

elegir = to choose / to elect

rogar = to beg

negar(se) = to deny, to refuse (to do something)

servir = to serve

sonreír = to smile

probar = to try, to sample (food usually) / to prove / to probe

reír = to laugh

preferir = to prefer

costar = to cost

divertir(se) = to have fun

*Keep in mind there are other verbs that have weird changes in the present tense that affect the subjunctive forms as well. I wouldn’t say they’re stem-changing exactly, but you should be aware of the verbs ending in -cir or -cer that go to -zco like conducir and conocer, and also be aware of the weird verbs vencer and convencer which go to venzo and convenzo for present tense yo

[spanishskulduggery]

Do you have a foolproof way of knowing when to use cuál and qué? I'm sad because I never get it right 😞

So, in general, the difference is that of “what” vs. “which”

cuál or cuáles is “which” or “which ones” and you would use it if you were trying to ask for something specific

qué is “what” and it gets used when you have no idea at all; it works at its most grammatically correct when followed by a conjugated verb [but not always] but something like ¿qué me dices? “what did you say to me? or just a simple ¿qué? “what?” or y ¿qué? “so what?” tends to be just qué

Just like in English, “what” is more common than “which”, and sometimes you can use them to say sort of the same thing:

¿Qué día es hoy? = What day is today?

¿Cuál día es hoy? = Which day is it today? 

I’d mark them both correct, though the second one feels more grammatically correct.

But the more correct way to ask this something like “What’s today’s date” is used with cuál as in… ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? “What’s today’s date?” …you use “which” here in Spanish because the day HAS to have a date.

That’s where things get iffy for people because English uses “what” more often when Spanish would use “which”. The reasoning behind this is because in Spanish, someone MUST have what you’re asking so you’re being more grammatically correct.

And these are the ones you really should be saying correctly:

¿Cuál es tu nombre? = What’s your name?

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre… y …? = What’s the difference between … and …?

¿Cuál es la respuesta correcta? = What’s the right answer? / Which is the right answer?

¿Cuál es la capital de…? = What’s the capital of…?

¿Cuál es el problema? = What’s the problem?

¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? = What’s today’s date?

¿Cuál es tu dirección? = What’s your address?¿Cuál es tu dirección de correo electrónico? = What’s your email address? [more Spain]¿Cuál es tu dirección de email? = What’s your email address? [more Latin America]¿Cuál es tu email? = What’s your email? [more Latin America and more informal than the long way]

¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? = What’s your phone number?

*note: some of these use tú examples but you can use mi, tu, su, nuestro/a, vuestro/a etc as needed

In the case of something like “Whats the difference between X and Y?” …in Spanish you ask “Which is the difference” because you know that there IS a difference. So you’re asking “out of everything it could possibly be, WHICH REASON is the difference” in a way.

You say “Which is your name?” in Spanish because pretty much everyone in the world has a name. Same thing with phone numbers and addresses etc.

This isn’t to say you can’t use qué. It’s sometimes fine but not always correct.

Especially for asking someone’s name, address, saying “what’s the problem”, phone number, or asking about capitals or specific information you’d be using cuál

But if you just google like “qué es el significado de ____” it’ll totally understand what you’re looking for, and most people will too. It’s just not always considered the grammatically appropriate one to use, especially on tests/essays.

[warandpeas]

[towlersnow-deactivated20210528]

This seems like something everyone should know if they’re in the sciences and/or interested in reading scientific papers.

[vandercunt-deactivated20181213]

Naomi Campbell in a fit of hysterics 

[notomicampbell]

a moment

[queereyegifs]

The thing I love about you the most is that you’re brave. You’ve been through a lot and you put that behind you. You use it to not only make yourself successful, but to help others. You’re so, so brave. - The thing Bobby loves about Jonathan the most.